MELBOURNE: The city on the Space Coast of east central Florida will kick off its Indiafest 2008 on Saturday, Feb. 16 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday, Feb. 17 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Wickham Park Pavilion. This year’s theme is, “Natural Approach to Wellness.” Admission tickets are $4 for adults, $1 for children 12 and under. Children ages 5 and younger are free.

WEST PALM BEACH: A week later, on Saturday, Feb. 23, the Palm Beach India Association will hold its fifth annual IndiaFEST from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the Meyer Auditorium, 105 Evernia St.

Mumbai-born author and Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie will make his first public appearance in Tallahassee on Friday, Feb. 22. The controversial writer of such international bestsellers as “The Satanic Verses,” “The Moor’s Last Sight” and “Midnight’s Children” is one of the speakers during the 10th annual Seven Days of Opening Nights arts festival at Florida State University.
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India Jazz Suites featuring kathak dancer Pandit Chitresh Das and tap dancer Jason Samuels Smith will take to the stage at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Amaturo Theater, in Fort Lauderdale on Sunday, Feb. 24. The two will perform to live music on sarangi, tabla, sitar, piano and drums. The concert is presented by the Association of Performing Arts of India.
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More than 150 Tampa residents converged at Bayshore Boulevard on Jan. 12 to support diabetes awareness by participating in the annual BAPS Charities Walkathon.

According to the American Diabetes Association, there are 20.8 million children and adults in the United States, or 7 percent of the population, who have diabetes. While an estimated 14.6 million have been diagnosed with diabetes, unfortunately, 6.2 million people (or nearly one-third) are unaware that they have the disease.
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